Daily Republican., 1887-10-22

Reform Meetisgs.
Two hundred Seventh ward Demo.
,rsss met at tho Logan House lsst Dighl
% organise In favor Of Constitutional
Convention. John Doran was elected
,haayman OF the meeting, and john B.
lay lor secretary. j. Frank Ball, Fec,
vas introduced - the 6rst speaker.
Mr.. Ball said: 'There 10 no horest
man who lives In New Castle County
Who will deny that Delaware needs Q
new constitution. 10 this respect Dsla.
ware Ia behind every State In the U ion.
Osher States have changed their laws
10 meet the neoeesits imposed by the
nations progress. Delaware has gone
on unchanged.
"Our constitution has been outgrown.
then but Q mere village,
has now more population aud more |
wealth than any of the counties had ct
the time OF the adoption OF this consti-
tuition. 1t 10 unfair to impose ON ~
great oity ~ Wilmington the coudi-
tions imposed on IN unimportant VII
lsge.
"a constitution should be the gunran-
tee OF personal liberty. This one is
not"
Mr.. Ball then went on to show that
the Aght for . new constitu .ion WAS not
. new thing In the state.
"rhe growth of this city and county,"
continued the speaker, has BEEN 90
rapid - to make the conditions i'm
posed ~ tyranny. Tho people have
been patient. Patient because practi.
oAlly she mad no representation. The
cnly reason given BY the opponents OF
new constitution was that the people
were not capable OF governing them.
selves" The speaker thought that the
people OF Delaware we've fully capable
OF governing themselves. The man
who cannot trust the people to govern
themeelves should go TO Ireland and
learn his lessons under the land lords Of
that down.trodden land"
Willard salisbury then spoke briefly.
he wished, he said, to explain that a
vote for convention at the special
meeting In November did not necessa
rily mean that the oonstitution will be
changed. There Will be q Lsgislatui G
to elect and delegates to the oon nvention
to be elected, and then after their ad.
journment the people will be called on
TO rAtify or reject what they have done.
The speaker wiehed the people TO under.
stand that this movement IL above par.
tissp politics, and 10 q quettion upon
which men Of all political Views can
work for the good OF the State.
| willard Hall Porter, Esq, vas nexl
iutro cd uoed, ard a6vi,ed all present. to
vote In favor OF constitutional CON
vention. Mr.. Porter offered the follow
ing resolutions:
"WHRREAs, An election will bs held
on the first day Of November next Il
decide the question OF calling Q consti
tutioual convention; therefore be 1t
"Rstolved, That the Democrats Of tn,
Seventh ward declare ourselves In favo
Of . convention, and pledge our beat ef
forts to scare such q convention, ant
, that We will do everything In our powe
; to bring out the full vote Of this wart
on the day OF the special election"
The resolution was adopted.
| Attorney General Bigss and Merrl
, Taylor also briefly add cressed the meet
ing.
Ip the town hall ut St Georges, oil
D Thursday evening, the citizens OF Re-
Lion and East Si. Gsorees Hundred
. will mfet aud be addressed by Anthon
. Higginr, ESQ and some prominen
. Democrats.
' Tuesday evening meeting will b
= hold at Newark, ard be addressed
Q George FL. BATES and Edward g. Bra(
I, ford, Esq,.
I On Monday evening q meeting wi
: be held at the house OF William L
, Guthrie, a. Glasgow, to organize for th
= campaign. The citizens OF PencAdt
r Hundred VIII be --esept.
Ths retoimers CT Mill Greek Hundre
4 L.. IA Att,
!. day evening, and be addressed By Cbal
o b Lore, Benjamin Ntelds and Aust
II Harrington, Esqs.
. A meeting will be held at No q
n Market street this evening by the h
% publicans OF the First, Second, Ecurt
n and Eighth wards, At Tie Y. 81. /
O., at No $40 Kirg street, ty those I
l. tho Fifth and Sixth wards, and ut Bu
- locks office, on Tenth street near Ia
nall, by those Of the Seventh ward.
y Tuesday evening at the Nspubiica
,f mass meeting In the Opera Houce, II
y following gentlemen will be smong Il
% speakers: William O. SpruaLce. Be
st jsmin Nields and Anthony Hig2ir
Is E.qs., and Charles Il. Treat, the Gsorg
10 town manufacturer.
5. The speakers for the Democratic ma
d meeting at tns Opera House en- We
p nesday evening have not yet been a
nounoed.
.. A meeting to be ADDRESSED by A.
4. thony HiggiIg and George V. Masse.
I. Esqs., will be held at Newport by d
b Il publiosrs OF South OLristiana Hu
70 dred next Saturday event. &.
n A meeting was held at Middlstow
d last evening Citizens were presel
I, from st. Georges and Appoquinimi 10
, Hundreds. DIR. John I'll. Parvis W,
n president, and the following were VII
a presidents and secretaries: Samuel Pc
n ing,on, Alfred o. Crockett, Daniel v
~ Oorbit, Robert p. Cochran, George
,. ID Hurt, George l.. Townsend, Richai
"a Ferguson, A. P. Carnsgy ana j. Fran
E!iAsop. Herman Bessey, euperinteI,
Z ent OF the public schools Of this count
!. Thomas E Hearn and q j. Free mai
, William O Sprusnce, Esq. addTesse
4 the meeting and stated his reasons I,
favoring o constitutional convention
Il and said he would vote for 1t II the
A were no. ten others In the State WI
!. did so.
He was fellowe by Harry Emmon
u ESQ In an excellent addresy.
n George Fl. Bates, Esq, then gave
historica sketch of the constitution
}. amendments by Legislative tnactmer
n snd told his aud ,ors thst the only WI
i. ~ reform the constitution wss throui
~ Q con ventiOn.
q Cartridge papers. god Tapers, 81
~ papers, indeDted papers, with mo
70 Iriezes. Jos, II. Greenman, AIT XII
- street.
70 Ono Hundrsdth Anniversary.
Mrs. Fannie Ed gar. ing in Phil
delpnia, cele ebrated the Tooth nnnivs